Which Is the Better Ewan McGregor in the New Fargo Season Three Trailer?

The extended trailer for Fargo's third season is characteristically rich in absurdist black comedy, putting the spotlight on Ewan McGregor's dual performance as twin brothers. "It's not the Minnesota I grew up in, I tell ya that," complains Emmit Stussy (McGregor), the "Parking Lot King" of the state, who finds himself in over his head with the wrong crowd.

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Emmit's underachieving brother Ray (also McGregor), a parole officer, is also on his case. "You still owe me from what happened when we were kids," Ray tells his twin, to which Emmit blithely responds "Happy to help, but really, where does it end?" Judging from the rest of the trailer–and from Fargo's track record on both the big and small screen–it doesn't end anywhere good.

Fargo's third installment, which is the first to take place in the present day, also stars Carrie Coon as police chief Gloria Burgle, Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Ray's girlfriend Nikki Swango, and David Thewlis as a mysterious loner named VM Vargas.

Fargo season three premieres on FX on Wednesday, April 19. May the better McGregor win.

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